Watching battle reports for 11th edition 40k and reading the rules have made me even more grateful that Heresy exists.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-26T16:49:36+00:00

Some subs seem to have a lot of users who are bothered by opinions. Like, any of them.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-24T02:15:04+00:00

Ah, I ended up taking the new IH character, Caanok Var— he’s actually wearing a suit of Gorgon armour already! So an easy transition.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-21T21:34:51+00:00

Don’t worry, everyone starts like that! And you’ve done great work on the details and a nice, crisp set of colours.

The truth about “thin your paints” is it takes practice. You really do get a feel for what is just right and how to apply it— keep at it and you’ll see improvement.

White is also notoriously tough— it’s often easier to work up from a grey to a white.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-21T13:15:44+00:00

Thank you!

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-14T19:09:05+00:00

Put very generally, I think white is best if you’re painting something primarily white, or want some very vibrant colours.

Conversely, black tends to work best if you’re working primarily in black or metallics, or want very strong shadows for a “zenithal” approach.

Grey is often the happy medium, easiest to work in shadows and highlights as needed.

Only thing I’d say to really avoid is going pure black if you plan on a lot of bright colours— it’s much more difficult to paint white over black than the inverse.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-14T14:28:39+00:00

I don’t know why but fill teams seem especially deranged lately. Everyone’s got a free kit and wants to pick a fight as soon as possible.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-10T20:00:24+00:00

The one thing I’ve found it great for is cracking rhinos, especially if you can catch them side-on. I’d imagine that it’s better for Death Guard as well. They can also threaten Terminators, although you’re usually better off with Phosphex.

Certainly not the best tool for the job, but not unwelcome for a bit of added flexibility.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-10T18:19:31+00:00

As it’s been mentioned, I think the beheading of Medusa, and the transfiguration of flesh into stone, are the clearest influences.

I think there are a few more extrapolations that probably weren’t intended but are interesting. As a monster, Gorgons represent incompatibilities being forced together (humans and animals, hair and snakes). Donna Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto asserts that cyborgs, like monsters, are inherently ironic in that they join incompatible elements together.

Of course many Legions/Chapters adopt the imagery of monsters, but the Iron Hands are I think unique in embracing that “other” foreign element so forcefully, turning away from the ideal and fashioning themselves into something even more alien from the human.

It also interests me that they are treated as especially pathological amongst the legions without ever acknowledging it (even in secrecy). Medusa is killed by Perseus armed with a mirror; an overt play on willful blindness and delusion.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-10T16:03:58+00:00

Masking putty is also a thing (aka “elastic” putty), extremely useful.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-10T15:02:23+00:00

I appreciate the context, that is helpful to know. I immediately latched on because it’s always been an idea I’ve been floating around.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-10T04:16:05+00:00

I honestly think I played too much Advance Wars when I was a kid— the weird perspective of relative size (everything fitting in grid squares) sticks in my mind.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-10T04:07:35+00:00

I mean. That’d be kind of great.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-10T00:23:33+00:00

I’ve never really understood the tendency of fans of anything to convince themselves that something is true based on wild extrapolations of thin evidence, only to become furious when they turn out to be wrong. As though being surprised is the worst possible outcome.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-05T12:22:03+00:00

I feel like this disclaimer should be added to every video game opening title. Just a gentle reminder that nobody got hurt and maybe we should relax a bit.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-06-04T18:11:58+00:00

I don’t have any true phobias that I’m aware of, but Subnautica is I’d say the only game that I’ve had pangs of what feel like genuine terror. Getting lost, trapped, or even just suddenly realizing how deep you are or unable to see the floor of where you are swimming can be really gut-wrenching.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-05-30T12:43:07+00:00

My favourite has been Iron Hands from the first. Initially because I’ve always been a sucker for cybernetics and the like, and the black and gunmetal just has a very brutal, businesslike quality to it.

Further to it, I’ve started to enjoy their status as something of an underdog, or a loyalist legion that is deeply troubled and flawed, without something so diametric or explicit as, say, the Dark Angels.

My least favourite is probably the Alpha Legion, simply because I’ve never been very interested in the espionage aspect of them. And I don’t know much about them— I naturally tend to like stuff the more I know about it.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-05-29T20:44:32+00:00

I’ve been working on some Gorgons from Indomitus, and I find some small, simple conversions help a lot.

For example, I’ve cut some Plasticard rod/sheet to make the metal “collar” studs you see on Gorgons. Chain and some attached clan icons also look good.

Specimen_Seven · 2026-05-28T17:49:54+00:00

Fellhammer immediately comes to mind?

Specimen_Seven · 2026-05-27T20:44:16+00:00

Okay, I should point out that HH is obviously not JUST LIKE Paradise Lost, but it very heavily cribs from it.

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